benchmark
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The 10-year gilt is the benchmark for government bonds, while the two and five-year gilts have an influence on fixed-rate mortgage rates of the same time frame.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
It’s the sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth for the benchmark.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The metallic nanoparticles in Vienna achieved this benchmark in only about one hundredth of a second.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Wall Street veteran Ed Yardeni, meanwhile, stuck an 8250 target on the benchmark over the weekend, and said the path to 10,000 points, which he has penciled in for 2029, may “arrive ahead of schedule.”
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Epic in scope, violence, and imagination, Deathstorm is a new benchmark in the fantasy genre and cements forever G. M. Pennington’s status as the American Tolkien.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Vocabulary lists containing benchmark
Born a Crime
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This Week In Words: August 15–21, 2020
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 13
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